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Remove "sensitive social issues" bullet point.

Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues", they are common sense issues, where one side simply wants their liberties intact. The controversy is entirely on the other side of the argument the involves taking those liberties away.

Especially as it pertains to LGBTQ+ individuals, the notion that the discussion of their very existence is political is absolute nonsense. These people should be allowed to discuss the issues affecting them without being set behind some kind of "explicit content" label. This is a slippery slope that begins with people automatically labeling non-heteronormative lives and content as "deviant" or "degenerate", especially by grossly bad actors who want to be edgy.

Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.
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ADameNamedAmy shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Closed  ·  AdminTwitchSupport (Admin, Twitch) responded  · 

Thank you for raising this. We’ve just posted a Tweet addressing these concerns.

You don’t need to label your stream with the new Politics & Sensitive Social Issues CCL if you are sharing your lived experience. Intermittent mentions of politics, politicians, or sensitive social issues also do not require the Politics and Sensitive Social Issues label. We apologize for not communicating this well initially.

If you are an LGBTQ+ streamer, for example, you do not need this label when talking about your lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve added clarifying language to the Content Classification Guidelines to better express this.
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  • kiwi_called_piwi commented  ·   ·  Report

    remove it and do something that won’t hurt or discriminate,

    do better twitch

  • Firewhiskers commented  ·   ·  Report

    Any discussion about my right to live should not be compartmentalized!
  • yamikatt commented  ·   ·  Report

    Truly heartbreaking. Remove this disgrace at once.
  • ethanius55 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yo, human rights are not up for discussion!

  • Wild_Iris_Rose commented  ·   ·  Report

    This whole thing seems like it should be a non-issue to me. Like, you turn up to a Stream talking about Transgender topics and you don't vibe with that, or it makes you uncomfortable for some reason. Just leave and watch someone else.
    (and maybe ask yourself WHY that makes you uncomfortable too)
    That's my quick thoughts on the topic, because I'm tired of in depth conversations on the same topics every other month just to be allowed to be myself publicly.
  • AnneIsOminous commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would be half of your user base. What a terrible take in 2024.
  • tw_crystal_rose commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a Nonbinary, individual taking HRT, Letting Article VII stay as it is will only give those that wish for us to be demonized. What's next, the thought we would be Banned outright for being LGBTQIA+. This kind of matter is Damaging to Twitch's services, the Streamer's and the users as a whole, as it will make anyone fearful of just expressing themselves, from the way they dress themselves or their VTuber models, what people they play with on stream, to even being able to talk about how their day is no matter if it is the happy or sad. We shouldn't have to have a tag for anything related to the LGBTQIA+ lifestyle just because there are those that want to force us to be what they think we should be in their own eyes. I was disowned and forced into homelessness by my family for not conforming to their beliefs, I should not have to keep conforming and catering to people that think along the same lines my family did, ESPECIALLY when they abused me while on Twitch streams themselves.
  • thiccramen69 commented  ·   ·  Report

    hey twitch, what the ****? this is absurd and discriminatory. my existence is not inherently political. shame on you.
  • SpinKittea commented  ·   ·  Report

    Look, realistically twitch you are based in a country where being LGBTQ+ is incredibly common and celebrated. Putting this type of label on it serves as a hindrance to your creators rather than a protectant. You create an avenue for discrimination that has no practical use or application. The only reason you would use this (while it is a disservice to your platform) is either overly catering to something you should not be, or you are associating/grouping things in with the LGBTQ+ that you should reconsider labels for. Being broad in this will do you much more harm than you intend towards your creators.

  • MonsieurJabberwocky commented  ·   ·  Report

    After the complete and utter shitshow that Twitch allowed and endorsed at Twitchcon you would expect them to draw their heads out of their rectums and realize this is a problem. Like CNN has become the Fox News-Lite, this signals a loss of ethics and morality on the website making them more akin to Kick.

    Why are LGBTQ+ people the problem when you've allowed scum like Asmongold, Amouranth, Keemstar among many others who are tantamount to human detritus as well to have a platform? Asmongold's racism is fine? Amouranth essentially exploiting people financially with her channel is fine? Keemstar doxxing people leading to his community swatting people and almost killing them is fine? How is it so hard for you to do better when the bar is embedded fifty ******* feet underground?
    Do away with this and then sweep your own porch first.
  • parlons_astronomie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Making a discriminated community labeling itself should ring a bell, comme on Twitch.
    You are playing into the hands of the bullies who create controversy by punishing their victims. Shame on you.
  • memyselfandk commented  ·   ·  Report

    I for one believe that freedom of press and freedom of speech are human rights and for Twitch to be an ethical platform, this value needs to be upheld and these values should not discriminate based off of sex, gender, race, religion, or political stance. I voted yes.
  • MolaSunnyFish commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn't a "sensitive social issue". We all don't need to step on eggshells to tip-toe around the anti-woke snowflake crowd's feelings. If they can't deal, that's on them, not us.
  • crystowls commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a "sensitive social issue." This is a horrible move for a platform that tries to claim to be inclusive.
  • PeaceEgg commented  ·   ·  Report

    I value being able to have impromptu conversations with viewers about how I view my asexuality, and whether or not they're somewhere on the asexuality spectrum. These are usually unplanned conversations during games, and the idea that I could face a content label lock and other related punishments that warnings carry merely for interacting with my chat about these topics is ridiculous. You need to be better than this, Twitch.
  • JobberwockCommaThe commented  ·   ·  Report

    'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' didn't work out for the US Army and this won't work out for Twitch
  • cyn_dll commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm not ******* political, simple as.
  • TheMoonveil commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ people should have the same freedom to discuss their lives and the things in it as everyone else. It isn't political. It's life. It's reality. "Sensitive social issues" indeed.
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